News across Douglas County
Cause & Culture: Porchfest OMA turns 10 with music, art and community
Picture a small-town porch. Maybe there’s a rocking chair, quaint decor, and scattered flowerpots to greet neighbors who could come by to borrow sugar. Maybe you see yourself with a book or craft in hand, relaxing as you take in the rhythm of the neighborhood. Perhaps someone…
Interfaith Alliance to launch ‘The Vote is Sacred’ tour in Omaha
A national interfaith bus tour is kicking off in Nebraska’s largest city. “The Vote is Sacred” get-out-the-vote bus tour, organized by the nonpartisan Interfaith Alliance, will start on Oct. 6 in Omaha — the day after early voting begins, and four weeks before Election Day. Each…
An 82-year-old master gardener is leading an effort to make South Omaha’s 24th Street bloom again
The last-blast-of-summer morning sun was beginning to blaze as Master Gardener Bob Elkins parked on Omaha’s historic South 24th Street and pulled tools and a garden hose from the back of his Kia Soul. He set the gear near two bags of greenery. One bag brimmed with coleus of many…
Men’s sober living home in Omaha aims to fill a gap in outpatient care
A men’s-only sober living home opened in Omaha this week, offering a structured place to live for men going through outpatient addiction treatment. Aaron Barnes runs the home, called RCVRY House. Barnes struggled with addiction himself and has been sober for more than 10 years.…